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- Title
- Design of Reinforced Masonry Research Building. Phase 1.
- File
- PB93214682.pdf
- Author(s)
- Kariotis, J. C.; Johnson, A. W.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1987, 60 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- REPT-9.1-1
- Abstract
- The overall plan of the research includes the testing of a full-scale research building. The test of the full-scale building will validate the mathematical models that include the contribution to in-plane structural stiffness of horizontal and out-of-plane elements. The specific objective of the is to design a research building that will incorporate all facets of prior component testing and mathematical modeling into a single test structure. The research building must provide a full-scale assembly for instrumentation and be equal to the complexity of predicting force-displacement and strain relationships for the reinforced masonry components that were previously tested.
- Keywords
- ; Masonry; Models; Test facilities; Walls; Structural design; Buildings; Earthquake engineering; Mechanical properties; Stiffness; Displacement; Experimental design; Loads (Forces); Reinforcement (Structures); Design criteria